| 1 | Christ is the Word and Spirit too, |
| | | And as the Spirit in the Word; |
| | And all the words He speaks to us |
| | | Are life and spirit thus conferred. |
| 2 | The Holy Word we have without, |
| | | The Holy Spirit is within; |
| | The greatest gifts divine are these, |
| | | That we may God enjoy therein. |
| 3 | The Word the Spirit doth express, |
| | | The Spirit its reality; |
| | They’re but two aspects of one thing |
| | | And should not separated be. |
| 4 | Whene’er the Spirit lights the Word |
| | | The Word becometh life to us; |
| | When Word from Spirit is divorced, |
| | | ’Tis empty mental stimulus. |
| 5 | When we the Word in spirit touch, |
| | | As life the Spirit it becomes; |
| | The Spirit, when expressed from us, |
| | | As words of life to others comes. |
| 6 | Our spirit we must exercise |
| | | To take the Word most inwardly, |
| | And then to give the Spirit forth; |
| | | The two as one with us should be. |
| 7 | Lord, may Thy Word in me become |
| | | The Spirit as my life supply, |
| | And may Thy Spirit in Thy Word |
| | | My true expression be thereby. |
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